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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Nino m. This is a hypocoristic any of various Italian names ending in -n and forming a diminutive in -ino. In many cases, it is impossible to tell what the root name is.

Italy
Latin
1285 Nini (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157
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